SMIT画面でF8キーを押すと「現在の高速パス」を知ることできますが、 まだ見ぬ画面の高速パスも全部知りたい！と思ったことはないでしょうか？ ⇒ odmget コマンドを使えば出来ちゃうそうですよ。 Find that long lost AIX SMIT menu you can't seem to get back to https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/brian/entry/script_to...

A little known feature in SMIT when selecting software to install is the ability to scroll over to the right using the right arrow key to view the actual fileset name rather than just the fileset description. This makes it easier to verify that you...

Many people are not aware that IBM included SMIT functionality in the VIO system. The VIO command is named "cfgassist" and it is designed to be used from the padmin restricted shell. When you run "cfgassist" the VIO server is...

SMIT is one of the nicest features of AIX. It provides an extremely easy to use interface to manage almost every aspect of an AIX system. One of the only problems with SMIT is that it is so inclusive and complete that the menu system is huge and it can...

One of the coolest features of AIX's smit command is the ability to hit F6 and see the command that was run. I use this all of the time to see how something is done so that the next time I can automate it rather than going through the smit menus. The main...

If you've been following this blog for a while, you might remember a post on the Systems Management Interface Tool (SMIT), better known as SMITTY to his friends . That post covered the frequently-asked question about the difference between smit and smitty . It...

Many people love using SMIT but find its editing functionality a little cumbersome. So here are some editinig tips you should find useful, and you may not have been aware of: If you want to wipe out the value you have entered, you can delete to the end of the...

Right answer to wrong question I have to admire the people who write documentation and help texts. It's so hard to say the essentials efficiently. I think this is one of the hidden strengths of AIX: the command documentation ("the man pages") are...

HOT DISKS TRYING TO LOOK COOOOOL Have you ever noticed a system where the users are reporting slow response times, but topas -D (or pressing D from within the topas main screen) shows the Disk Busy is constantly 0.0%, even on disks with high I/O? Suspicious,...

SERVING UP LVs, PVs and PAVs Since we've got redundant arrays on SANs these days, it may seem almost quaint to speak about software mirroring using the AIX Logical Volume Manager. Even so, LVM is very useful when you want to move data around. If you need to...

"Unlock my account please" When
users forget their Unix passwords you're likely to get the request to
unlock their accounts. You might be surprised to see in SMIT that the
account is not locked : Lock
/ Unlock a User's Account *
User...

The challenge You have several Unix print queues to create. Some are of type HP JetDirect, others ASCII. Some have customised settings for page width, lines per page and so on. The best way is through SMIT, but it takes a long time to step through the menus....